Furring hanger



March 17, 1953 v. JAcoBsoN FURRING HANGER Filed Sept. 30, 1950 Patented Mar. 17, 1953 FUamNG HANGER Victor Jacobson, New Rochelle, N. Y., assignor to Level Line Ceiling Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application September 30, '1950, Serial No. 187,717

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'I'his invention relates .to hangers for suspend?. ing furringbars from ceilingsas in lathingfinstallations, and has for its object the provision of an improved hanger extension rod and clip combination for attaching to and supporting the furring bars.

sary in the installation of furring bars, such as channel or angle bars.

It is the present practice in the lathing of to the furring bar. punches, shears,

bolt cutter and a hammer.

from below by a nut.

1 Claim. (Cl. 248-317) hook is inserted in the hole in the depending My invention aims to eliminate 'several time-consuming operations now necesthe tab is struck with a hammer to clinch the clip in position.

One of the important features of my invention is that the clip may easily be set to the ceiling line merely by screwing it to the desired position on the extension rod and then the projecting part of the rod is sheared off.

The T-shaped concrete hanger in- The lower end of the hanger exten- The hanger In the accompanying drawings: ceilings to set T-shaped concrete members, known Fig. 1 is a perspective, from one side, of a hanger as hanger inserts, in the concrete beams or extension rod and clip of my invention as atfloor above the ceiling. `Each insert has a detached to a channel-bar furring; pending strap with a hole near the lower end Fig. 2 is asection at 2--2 of Fig. 1; for attaching a hanger extension strap.- The Fig. 3 is a perspective from one side of an angle hanger extension strap is bolted at the top to bar and clip embodiment of the invention; the depending strap and at the bottom to the Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a modification; furring bar. What appears to be a simple in- Fig. 5 is a perspective, from one side, of anstallation is actually time-consuming. The exother modication, and tension strap must first be cut to length and Fig. 6 is a side view of the hooked portion of then a hole punched for the top bolt. The exthe extension rod. tension strap is bolted in position to the depend- Fig. 1 illustrates a hanger extension rod and ing strap and a level line is drawn to locate the clip combination of my invention in a typical hole for the lower bolt which enters the furring installation.

The extension lstrap `is then removed to sert I is set either in the concrete slab or the punch the lower hole after which it is replaced concrete beams above the ceiling to be installed. by bolting the top of the extension strap to the The hanger extension rod 2 in the form of a depending strap and then the lower end is bolted round rod has a hook 3 at the upper end which Moreover, such tools as is inserted in the hole 4 at the depending end screw drivers, pliers and 30 of the hanger insert. I prefer to construct the wrenches are necessary. My invention elimihook, as shown in Fig. 1, on such an angle that nates the aforementioned operations which are the bearing is in the crotch of the hook to preexpensive at present labor costs, and the only vent slipping and displacement. Fig. 1 shows tools required to install the furrg bars with my the hook part 3 at an angle of some 45 to the improved hanger extension rods and clips are a Shaft 0f the rod. AS ShOWn in Fig. 6, the hOOk part is also bent sideways, say, around 15, to

The hanger extension rod of my invention has prevent accidentel dSlOdgment by eXertng an 11D- a hooked end for engaging the hole in thede- Ward force. pending part of the hanger insert and a, rela.. sion is threaded over an appreciable distance, tively long threaded section on the lower end. fOI' example, about twelve inches- The hanger clip of my invention is preferably Clip 5 Of Fig. 1 is preferably fOImed 0f Strap Steel formed of sheet metal shaped to be slipped over and iS folded S0 aS t0 provide the spaced lateral the furring bar and set at any desired position. eXteIlSOnS 6 and 'l along One Side and the ends In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, are bent to form a Space 8 for receiving the the clip has a tab for bending over the furring channel bar 9. One of the ends is bent to form bar to secure it in position merely by striking it a hooked tab I2 to engage the edge I3 of the with a hammer. I provide means for effecting a channel bar, and the other end has a projecting threaded connection between the extension rod tab I4 which is trimmed to relatively narrow diand the clip. To this end I may attach a nut mensions to facilitate bending to lock the clip to the clip or even thread portions of the clip in position. itself. The threaded end of the rod may be The lateral extension 6 has a hole I5 for reslipped through a hole in the clip and secured ceiving the threaded end of the extension bar 2.

Extension 'I has an opening I6 in which is 1n- In its preferred embodiment, the clip is screwed 5 serted the mounting cleat I1 of the Tinnerman onto the extension rod to its desired position, the

nut II. In the suspension of furring bars by the improved suspension means of Fig. 1, the suspension rods are hooked in the holes of the concrete hanger inserts, the level line for the ceiling is run, and the clip is threaded to the desired position on the extension rod by running the rod in the nut I8. The channel furring bar is then placed in the position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with the tab I I as shown in `broken lines. After the channel bar is mounted in its permanent position, the tab I4 is struck with a hammer to bend it to the locked position shown in full lines and the lower projecting end of the extension bar is sheared off.

Fig. 3 illustrates an embodiment of the inventin in which the clip 20 mounted on .the rod -2 is shown in its position securely attached to the angle bar 2l. A clip of the type illustrated in Figs. 1, 4, or may be used for attachment to the angle bar.

Fig. 4 illustrates a modiiication of the form of clip illustrated gin Fig. l1. The y clip hasjpsimilar lateral extensions, tabs and holes vfor receiving the extension yrod :2. In this modication, the nut 24 in Which the rod 2 is threaded is held in a secured position on the lower lateral extension by Welding. It is understood, of course, that an appropriate hole is formed in the lateral extension but the nut is secured in position.

In the modification shown in Fig. v5, the clip 3B is also formed of bent sheet metal. The metal is folded upon itself to form the double thickness lateral extension 3l which has a threaded hole 32 into Which the rod 2 Vis threaded. This clip also has upper and lower tabs similar to tabs l2 and I4 of Fig. 1 and is shown Vin its secured position on the channel bar 33.

ln Figs. 1 4 and .5 the clips cannot become kdisplaced by unthreading due to vibration. In the modication of Fig. `4, the nut may be left loose (not Welded). Such loose nut may be Vprevented from loosening by striking the threads with a hammer or by using one of the many self 'locking nuts.

I have illustrated the use of my invention in the installation of channel and angle bars because they are widely used for the purpose but it is to be understood that my invention is applicable to other bars such as T-bars. The tab I2 illustrated as bent upwardly to form a hook over the edge I3, may also be bent inwardly in the direction of the rod 2.

This application is a continuation-impart of `my :application ASerial No, 116;898, 31ed-,September 21, 1949, now abandoned.

I claim:

The improvement in hangers for suspending ,furring ,bars which comprises in combination an extension rod having means at the upper end for connection :to a depending hanger insert and a threaded lower lend portion, a clip formed of a single piece of `bent vsheet metal having vertically A.dispcsedbearing.sections for contacting a vertical tion maybe inserted through y the holes and `secured tothe clip :along .One side Aof thefurring bar.

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